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March’s Map of the Month: A map of Scotland. [Stitched by] Margaret Montgomery, circa 1800.

1st March 20179th March 2017 Jenny Parkerson

March is Women’s History Month and, in keeping with this theme, our Map of the Month is a map of Scotland, embroidered by a young girl over 200 years ago.

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